Hair-net



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HAIR NET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1.4, 1920.

Patented May 24, 1921.

UNITE ETTES DAVID WOLF, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HAIR-NET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed October 14, 1920. Serial No. 416,978.

To all whomr t may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID Now, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Hair-Nets, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the nets used for keeping ladies hair in place and commonly known as hair nets.

These hair nets as heretofore constructed have been made by working human or other hair, or silk or other fibrous material into a mesh of the desired size, the net in use being placed over the hair of the wearer to hold the hair in position against blowing, etc. These hair nets are made of very fine material so as to be substantially invisible and consequently are of very fragile construction, and easily torn and rendered unfit for use even by the simple operation oi putting them on and taking them ofi". If the net should catch, as frequently happens, on hair pins, combs and other hair ornaments, or earrings, tearing of the net is almost certa1n to result, and nets of the usual materials owing to their fibrous character are very liable to so catch. These nets are furthermore very liable to snarl up and catch in articles on which they may be laid on dressing tables, etc., and the disentangling of them is tedious, takes time, and unless done with great care results in tearing and destruction of the net.

It is the especial object of the present in vention to produce a hair net of a metallic filament of hairlike fineness, as a fine wire which is of sufiicient strength to withstand tearing or other injury resulting from ordinary use, or from being caught in hair ornaments, which will not be as liable to catch in such ornaments as the fibrous nets in use, thus making the net easier to put on or take oii, and which will be of sufiicient fineness as to be as invisible or more so than the ordinary net of hair or silk, and substantially as flexible, so that it may be readily accommodated to the hair of the user.

It is a further object of the invention to produce such a net which shall be durable, not affected by atmospheric conditions and so be free from rust, cheap to make, and

which may be colored, if desired, to suit different shades of hair to increase invisibility.

W th these objects in View, the invention consists in the production of a net of a fine metallic filament or wire woven or otherwise formed into a net having a mesh of the desired dimensions and such a net is shown in the drawings in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of a net of fine metallic wire or filament showing the net in position on a head.

Fig. 2 is a view on an enlarged scale of the net, showing one way of forming the mesh; and

Fig. 3 is a cross section on a greatly enlarged scale of a filament provided with a lacquer or other protective covering to protect the wire and increase invisibility.

Various metallic filaments or wires may be used for the net. The filament employed, however. will be of suificient fineness so that the net formed thereoi' will be, when use, of the desired invisibility and flexibility. As an example I have found a wire or filament of about .003 inches in diameter or gage made of a suitable metal, as for instance, Monel metal toanswer the requirements as above set forth and to form an excellent material for the purposes required. Such a wire or filament is cheap and of sufficlent strength to answer the requirements of use. A filament of about such a diameter or gage furthermore is sufficiently fine to produce the desired invisible effect, and a net thereof is flexible and can be readily put in place or removed from the hair. Such a filament may also be readily made into a net and will preferably be used, tho-ugh it is obvious that wires or filaments of other metals or metalloids may be used within the invention, and the diameter or gage may be varied somewhat and yet retain the desired effects of invisibility and lightness.

The net is shown in the drawings marked A. This net may be made of any desired size or shape. As shown it is substantially circular in shape with a crown 1 and a bottom edge 2, leaving an opening so that it may be slipped over the hair.

The filament or wire is spun or woven to form meshes 4: of any desired size or shape, those illustrated being diamond formed, the filaments being secured at points 5 to form the mesh. This weaving or spinning may be effected in various ways. As shown the filaments are twisted together to efiect the jointure, though they may be knotted together or otherwise secured.

The edges 01": the net may be finished in any desired manner. As shown the diamonds are completed as at 6 to form an eye or loop, through which an edge filament or wire 7 may be run to form the edge.

Preferably, either the filament or wire before or after being formed into the net is covered or protected with some covering as by electroplating, lacquering, or paint ing, so as to keep the wire from rusting or otherwise affected by t-e atmosphere, and consequent liability of the net damaging the hair. The nets may also be colored difierently to match different shades of hair, and this may conveniently be done by coloring the lacquering, when lacquer is used, for the protective coating. Fig. 3 shows such a protected wire in cross section, the protecting coating being indicated by the line 8.

It will be seen that, an improved hair net has been provided by the present invention which has several advantages over the hair and silk nets as now used, and a net which can'be readily and cheaply made. While the net has been described as made of a filament of a gage oit' about .003 of an inch, it will be understood that other metallic wire may be employed and the gage varied as desired without departing from the invention, such material and gage being given as an example.

What is claimed is:

1. A hair net made of metallic wire or filament formed into a mesh with adjacent meshes connected to each other, the filament being of such fineness as to have a hairlike appearance and cause the to be practically invisible when in position on the hair of a wearer.

2.1a hair net made of metallic wire or filament formed into a mesh with adjacent meshes connected to each other, the wire being of such fineness as to cause the net to be practically invisible when in position on the hair of the wearer, the formed net having the wire covered with a protective coatmg.

3. A hair not made of metallic wire or filament formed into a mesh with adjacent meshes connected to each other, the wire of the formed net having a colored coating.

4. A hair net made of a wire or filament formed into a mesh with adjacent meshes connected to each other, the filament being of such fineness as to have a hairlike appearance and canse the net to be practically invisible when in position on thehair of a wearer, and an edging running around the edges of the net for finishing the edges.

lin testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID WOLF. 

